Fridays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Friday January 7th)

THE EXPRESS

West Ham have more than doubled their offer to £13m for Jermain Defoe as they try and persuade Sunderland to sell their star striker.
Espanyol are set to renew their interest in Celtic's Nir Bitton but will have to stump up close to £10m to land the Israeli midfielder.

THE TELEGRAPH

Memphis Depay could remain at Manchester United until the end of the season with interested clubs including Roma and Nice struggling to meet the Dutchman's £20m price tag and £90,000 a week wages.
China's government has ordered a clampdown on "irrational investment" and vowed to "regulate and restrain high-priced signings and make reasonable restrictions on players' high incomes" which could signal the end of its record-breaking splurge on foreign football stars.
Arsenal's second-biggest shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, has entered into a multi-million pound business partnership with Everton to sponsor their training ground.
Chelsea are on course to gain planning permission to rebuild a 60,000-capacity stadium in place of Stamford Bridge.
Rafael Benitez is weighing up a £4m bid for Nottingham Forest midfielder Ben Osborn.

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has tipped Gerard Pique to one day become president of Barcelona.
Aston Villa have been told they must pay at least £10m if they want to sign Middlesbrough striker Jordan Rhodes.
Ronald Koeman insists Everton won't be held to ransom by other clubs as they look to conduct more business after completing Ademola Lookman's £11m transfer from Charlton.
Arsene Wenger is set to welcome Danny Welbeck back for Arsenal's FA Cup tie with Preston this weekend but risks angering forward Alexis Sanchez by dropping the Chilean for the visit to Deepdale.
Crystal Palace have missed out on Rennes striker Paul-George Ntep.
QPR are set to terminate midfielder Sandro's contract.

THE SUN

Antoine Greizmann has been promised the same Galactico contract as Paul Pogba if he joins Manchester United.
Jose Mourinho has made a £32.5million bid for Roma's Greek international defender Kostas Manolas as a deal for Benfica's Victor Lindelof continues to stall.
Arsenal are interested in signing Torino striker Andrea Belotti but have been put off by the Italian club's £50m valuation of the player.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has instructed the club's hierarchy to offer Michael Carrick a 12-month extension to his contract which expires this summer.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has held showdown talks with Dimitri Payet. Bilic has been concerned by Payet's attitude in recent weeks and ordered the winger to up his effort in the coming weeks.
The Chinese Super League will continue to attract top players at the peak of their careers and could end Europe's football domination, according to Barcelona legend Xavi.
Celtic will reject a £20m West Ham bid for Moussa Dembele.
Stoke are planning a loan move for Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

DAILY STAR

Jermain Defoe is keen to return to boyhood club West Ham who are prepared to offer him a two-and-a-half year deal worth £100,000 a week but the striker unlikely to force through a move by handing in a transfer request.
Middlesbrough are set to make a move for Patrick Bamford with Chelsea considering cutting short the striker's season-long loan move to Burnley due to a lack of game time.

DAILY MAIL

Celtic have told West Ham they must pay £30m if they want to land striker Moussa Dembele.
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri faces a four-year ban if he is found guilty of breaking World Anti-Doping Agency rules following recent treatment at the Drip Doctors clinic in Los Angeles.
Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce has made a bid to sign French winger Paul-Georges Ntep from Rennes.
Swansea City stalwart Alan Curtis was told by text message he was no longer part of the team's coaching set-up.
Leicester are ready to enter the bidding war for Norwich utility player Robbie Brady.
Manchester United will shelve their transfer plans until the summer even though Morgan Schneiderlin and Memphis Depay are expected to leave for Everton this month.

THE GUARDIAN

Everton are planning to increase their original £19m bid for Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin.
Millwall have admitted for the first time that they may be forced to leave their south London home and relocate to Kent should the seizure of their land go ahead.
Chelsea are still in talks with Atalanta over the possible signing of Franck Kessie but the Premier League club may have to wait until the summer before a transfer can be concluded.
Tottenham are unlikely to return with a new offer for for Wilfried Zaha in the January transfer window after the Crystal Palace winger joined up with the Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations.

DAILY RECORD

Dundee United are set to bid for Danish striker Thomas Mikkelsen who is out-of-favour with current club Odense.